Home/ Questions/Q 7947805
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-04T01:32:17+00:00

I am trying to add a script to BBEdit 10 that will validate PHP

  • 0

I am trying to add a script to BBEdit 10 that will validate PHP files. I have enabled PHP & Web Sharing on my Mac and I think the script is accurate but I am having an issue which I think is being caused by a volume name having a space.

property phpref : "/usr/bin/php -l "
try
    tell application "BBEdit" to get file of first text window
    do shell script phpref & POSIX path of result
    display dialog "Ok: " & result buttons {"Finished Checking"} default button 1
on error msg
    display dialog "Err: " & msg buttons {"Finished Checking"} default button 1
end try

I am getting an error with get file of. The error is: Could not open input file: /Volumes/ Data

The volume name is “Data HD” which is why I think the space is causing the issue. Can I escape a space when calling get file of?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    The question was answered at another site. I wanted to share the final answer. The issue was not with getting the file. It was with the command line using the file path.

    This is the correct and working scripr:

    property phpref : "/usr/bin/php -l "
try
    tell application "BBEdit" to get file of first text window
    do shell script phpref & quoted form of POSIX path of result
    display dialog "Ok: " & result buttons {"Finished Checking"} default button 1
on error msg
    display dialog "Err: " & msg buttons {"Finished Checking"} default button 1
end try
    • 0